This week for my social media class I was asked to read various tweets defining social media. I was then asked to create my own personal definition.
Of all the tweets I read these three were my favorites:
@trevoryoung Social media is a catalyst for change – change in the way we connect with each other, change in the way businesses communicate with the world
@dbreakenridge Social media means listening carefully and learning to share valuable information that bonds people and builds strong relationships
@MarketingVeep Social media shrinks time and place’ it imposes a stark brevity; it leads strangers to each other; gives booming voice to a whisper; turns two legs into an army
I feel like each adds a different dimension to the definition of social media breaking it down into smaller segments.
It has been really tough for me working on my definition for this assignment. I have written and rewritten this post trying to come up with my ‘perfect’ definition of social media.
So, after a lot of editing here it is:
@MartineRHowell Social Media: Collective gathering of information evolving ovr various networking platforms, shared easily by masses of ppl on a global scale
I had to TweetShrink my definition in TweetDeck to keep it under the 140 character minimum allowed on Twitter. I’m still not entirely happy with my definition of social media, but I expect it to keep evolving over time.
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